DarthTofu

You could be the PenUltimate n00b, I suppose. You could also be President of Sasquatch Research or just Sasquatch Researcher, something along those lines. I kinda wish I could redo mine- I'd change it over to Dark Lord of the Dance.

Er, I don't know if you're aware, Eagle, but you can start up a new RP if you want to. All you need to do is start up a topic in the RP section saying what the RP will focus on, how it will work with regards to structure, and then see who wants to join. Regardless of my knowledge on a matter, I'll likely join it just because I enjoy this style of RP. Krytos is usually in on 'em, too. I don't know about others, but there's a good chance you'll pick up some.

Hey, that's cool. Dear God, television has taken over the books thread! Damn you, Colbert! I'm back to Colbert's book, now, but I'm also going through Religion for Dummies, non-fiction. It's an overview of all of the world's religions that enough data could be gathered on, and is really quite interesting. Fun fact: The Eastern countries kick the Western countries collective asses in terms of fun, interesting religions. West: Repent! You're a dirty, naughty sinner, but Jesus loves you! Unless of course you don't believe in him. Then you're damned for eternity over that. East: Check it out! Our gods have, like, twenty arms! And guess what? If you screw up the first time, you've got a couple more chances! How awesome is that?! And we're even willing to coexist! Middle East: Wait, what? When did this happen? AIAIAIAIAIAIAIAIAI! ... Or something like that.

Grant's beard. Lee's beard. I'm leaning toward Grant, here. And for the record, Grant did win. It might have been primarily through superior numbers and a better economic structure and the ability to get troops and war material to the front lines quicker due to a far greater number of railroads in the North than the South, but the important thing is that he won and had a beard.

We've noticed, Budious... I've actually used a typewriter before for some application stuff (My handwriting is and always has been really bad) and it isn't that hard to use without making mistakes. There's this miracle thing called "liquid paper" that they came out with a while back, some lady invented it, so that you can actually go over any errors that you make and it'll look just like the paper before you typed your error on it. On the downside, it's hard to proofread, but hey, it works, I guess. Computers are still a lot better for writing, though, in my opinion.

I felt like Fury tried to tie into the other two books, but beyond that the others haven't tried as hard as they should have. I've got another question: Whose lightsaber is Jacen/Caedus using throughout Fury, where/when did he get it, and what color is it? Ben has Jacen's saber from Inferno, doesn't he? That's why Jacen was building a new one, I thought. Now, at least, we get to see where Fett comes into play with everything- if you read the preview of Revelation, that is. If you didn't, this'll give you a quick little spoiler (of the first chapter): Jaina is going to Boba Fett for teachings on how to kill Jacen in order to do so in a way Jacen won't expect. I'm really disappointed at the lack of deaths of major characters in these books, by the way. Sacrifice took out Lumiya and Mara and Jori Lekauf, yes, but Fury took out only Alema Rar, who was a nothing character so far as I was concerned- just some random little "I think I'm sexy but I'm not, I'm really a crazy Sith" character. There wasn't a whole lot that could be done with her. Now, seeing as Jaina is starting to go dark again, it would be pretty sweet if we'd have lost Zekk or Jag on Lumiya's old asteroid home; that death would push her toward the dark side that much more and be something of a "fighting fire with fire" situation, where you don't know if the galaxy would even be safe after Jacen was gone. But no, it just had to be another parallel of "Jacen is being Darth Vader-esque." Could be so much cooler if I were helping to come up with the plot... I could do it so much better than Dark Journey did. ...[/grumbling] ...[Resume complaining] I feel like Jacen is getting more and more out of character as he gets more evil- there was a nice gradual drift going on, but then with Inferno it was like somebody threw the "evil" switch on him, and now he's just a full-out asshole. Before he stuck to his Sith ideals as Lumiya taught them to him; use them for good, kill for the greatest good, etc. I got the impression from the first four or five books that Lumiya really wasn't evil, that maybe Jacen was doing the right thing to bring the galaxy back from chaos. Granted, Lumiya's instigation of the war leaned toward it working out in a far different way, but Vergere's hand in it all convinced me that perhaps she was not so bad and that Jacen was not being bred to be a monster. Cue Inferno and the evil switch- Jacen is making irrational decisions. Fury's killing of the Lieutenant chick I guess I can accept- Jacen was in such a downer mood that he would likely be pissed enough to just kill somebody for the hell of it. The random acts of cruelty to Ben, though, those I don't feel like were in character for him. He'd need to condition Ben, yeah, but somehow I think he'd have copied Vergere's method a bit more closely- shut Ben off from the Force so that he couldn't figure out what was going on and would have to relearn it, Jacen's way. I did, however, like the inclusion of Kral Nevil's son being dead and Jacen now being so far gone that his empathy for Nevil was non-existent. He could only relate to him on a purely mathematical basis because he had become so enthralled with his daughter. I don't know whether anyone else noticed or not, but at one or two points toward the end of Fury when Jacen/Caedus is rushing back to try to keep Allana with him, his name is changed back from Caedus to Jacen, and it's told from his perspective. Significant, or just Aaron Allston screwing up? I don't know, but maybe it shows how his humanity returns to a certain extent while he's going after his daughter. ... Wow, long post on my part...

Finished Fury last night- I'll talk about that more in the Legacy thread. Suffice to say that I enjoyed it. I'm also reading Colbert's book, but I didn't get terribly far before picking up Unwind and Fury respectively. I can't read too long out of that book before I just get bored with it- It's an overdose of Colbert, and it isn't really intelligent humor like you get from the show (on occasion) so far it's just been pure randomness and stupid opinions that aren't really all that satirical.

We had a movie day on the first. Watched Disney's Ratatooie (sp?), which turned out to be a decent movie, though not one for the classics in my book. Too much emphasis on how good they'd gotten at animation, but not enough effort put into the people. I understand that they can never make the people look entirely realistic, but must they be so incredibly cartoony? Also saw Anchorman finally. The first half hour was just dumb sex jokes so far as I was concerned, and wasn't very funny. The middle was semi decent. The end was pretty good, especially when Baxter was "speaking" to the bear. I found that quite funny. Steve Carrel (sp?) stole the show, though; I think he was funnier than just about everyone in the movie. My folks watched Hairspray today. I try to keep an open mind about movies and sample them without prejudice. Before the first twenty minutes were up I was off playing Empire at War again. Not a good movie for guys- too much Broadway musicalness.

Why is it that women hate beards so much? They're freaking awesome, and you can't make fun of a guy with an awesome enough beard- it's just impossible to! Take the Vikings, for instance- they had lots of beards. They kicked everyone's asses. Nobody has ever conquered Russia. What's still popular in Russia? The beard! Who had a bigger beard, Grant or Lee? Grant. Who won? Grant! Who controlled the Railroads in America? Cornellius Vanderbuilt (sp?) What'd he have? Six-inch-long muttonchops! History favors people with beards!

It's all good, man, not to worry. Revelation might make the Mandalorians all-important or it might make you hate Traviss for sticking them in despite everything, I don't know. It'll bring us back Sintas Vel (hopefully) and Fett will finally try to kill Jacen and possibly die in the process. It'll be interesting to say the least. And, for the record, it still comes out on my birthday. Perfect timing? I think so.

I finally snagged a copy of Fury from my friend- stayed up 'til 3 AM reading it last night. Granted, this was starting at around 1:30 AM. Spoilers for the first 108 pages follow: It's nice to finally see Kyle Katarn getting more than a cameo finally, though I'd really like to see more of all of the Masters in action. For being Masters of the Force they don't seem to get out very much- finally Kyle Katarn has, though, now he's been stabbed through the chest and might not make it. I believe my words at that point were "Oh my God! Aaron Allston killed Kyle Katarn! You bastard!" Hopefully he makes it, but I don't know; I'll be kind of sad if he doesn't. I always liked him in the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games. I also hope to see Jaina finally getting some "screen time" that she's been denied throughout most of the series. She's Jacen's twin sister, for pity's sake, and the "Sword of the Jedi." You'd think that would warrant her doing more important things than hunting Alema Rar- you know, like hunting, Jacen, maybe? Ah, well...

I pretended to be drunk so that I had an excuse for acting like a jackass with my friends, despite the fact that we were stone cold sober. We walker around an empty parking lot and yelled obscenities strictly for the echo effect, went around on each other's backs to a couple of drive throughs and tried to order cups of water (They wouldn't give us any, but that was probably because I took off running to early), and tried almost every single shop and store on the island to see if anywhere besides restaurants were open. They weren't.

It may grow slowly, but it's transcended peach fuzz to actual stubble, thanks. BTW: You forgot a comma and you used a comma where you should have used a semicolon. Grammar BEAK!

What's up with the "Usergroups?" I only recently noticed them under the "forums" tab. Some serve obvious purposes, like the Reloaded team, or the Moderators, but others, such as the New Republic/Galactic Empire clans I don't quite get. Were the usergroups for an old RP that since ended? What was the benefit to having them beyond saying "I'm in this group and you aren't, nanana na na"?

Hardy har har. His location identifier says "USA," and in the Americas it still isn't New Years, thus he'd have to be outside the US. BTW: It's "surprise"

It wouldn't work. The game needs to load the past data to start you up, and once that's happened, it wouldn't be able to convert over to new data. I mean, it probably is possible, but to do so would be pretty darned complicated, and would require you to be working on his computer at the same time as yours.

How the heck is it 2008 where you are? Are you outside of the U.S. right now? It's 6:33 PM where I am, and I'm on EST, the earliest time for New Years in the USA.

Kill her first, then... SublimKinal meIssagLes? What sublimLinal mHessEagesR? Meh, you know women. Cant live with 'em, cant live without 'em. They can't live, period.... *Glances about*

It is creepy but also pretty good. Its very inventive. I checked out some other stuff on it online. Most creepy stuff- apparently the Mad Hatters gone very mad... As have TweedleDee and TweedleDum. Very creepy concept, that, going back and making something from a children's fairy tale into a twisted, demented world like that. I might have to see if I can find it at a local game shop some time...

He's lying to you, Eagle. If last year's picture of New Years shopping is anything to go by, he ought to be getting very pissed. Hell, you bought enough home, you ought to still have a few bottles left over even now!

Kill her first, then... SublimKinal meIssagLes? What sublimLinal mHessEagesR? I have six people signed up to do it in Florida, so nah nah na nah nah. I got the idea from someone who decided to follow the Bible for a year, which apparently entailed no trimming of his hair in any way, shape, or form. Come the end he looked like he had an afro growing out of his head in a full circle. It was kinda sweet looking.

Here's the deal: I'm hosting a new type of resolution. Screw the boring old ones, the ones where you swear to lose weight or to exercise more regularly- they're just dumb, and they take work, something that no one is fond of except for the Amish and the voices in our heads. This new resolution requires one night's simple work: Shaving. Then you don't. For the rest of the year. I've started this on Facebook already, and I've invited 38 people, a few of whom are already members of the boards. Most everyone here is a guy- DinoChick was an exception, but she hardly ever shows up anymore, so I'm not really including her... And Thumper was a lurker at best. Anyway, for one year none of us will shave, none of us will trim, none of us will even consider coming near our jaw and sideburns with the intension to cut the hair. I don't care if you can grow a full beard or if it's going to come in in patchy clumps like mine is; hell, I don't care if it's even visible at the end of a year! The important thing is that a minute or two before midnight you and any friends you can find clink razors together and shave, count down a Happy New Year, and then lock that razor away for 366 days (It's a leap year). Then, on the first of every month, upload a picture of yourself with your new beard progressions to the board. A before picture would be nice as well, one from the 31st just after shaving if you can manage it, or just early on in the process if you can't. I already have one friend on board, and we're working to bring others on as well. Invite anyone and everyone who wants to join up to join you in your beard growing as well. No wimping out if you join, though- we have Bearded Ninjas (Actually genetically altered Pirate-Ninja babies) that will hunt you down if you violate your vows at any point in 2008 with your shaving habits. This has potential- it could grow into a nation-wide trend eventually. Anyone from 10 to on-the-verge-of-death can join up on this boat, provided they fulfill two simple condition: 1) They must have shaved at least once in their life, and it has to have been because they needed to, not because they stole daddy's razor. 2) They have to follow the above mentioned rules. Simple and easy. Join the Resolution Revolution!

Woah! Check it out, Mad! They're making a movie out of your new favorite game! Five bucks says that it's creepy as hell. I saw Live Free or Die Hard today- good movie, though rather stupid at some parts, such as when the natural gas apparently blew up while it was still in the pipes for no apparent reason- I saw no fires way over yonder to ignite it- and when the assassins could apparently get in to plant a bomb on people's computers, but couldn't go to the far cheaper and lesser trouble of shooting them. All-in-all, though, for pure coolness, I'm willing to overlook- oh, yeah, and the hovering jet! Unless that was a jump jet or similar it would have one hell of a hard time hovering like it did!- umm, as I was saying, I'm willing to overlook some of the lacks in realism and sense.

Holy crap! Someone had the same idea as Tex, just with Vader and with the country's flag as opposed to a state one!

"This party's over!"